Dodd and CT residents speak out
By WTNH Chief Political Correspondent Mark Davis, on Jun 18, 2008
(WTNH) _ Senator Chris Dodd's nearly 28 years as Connecticut's United States Senator is being seriously tested. He says he thought the VIP treatment he got from Countrywide Financial was just because he was a good customer, and not because he was a United States Senator who chairs the senate banking committee. It appears some people in Connecticut are having a hard time buying that.
W-T-I-C AM Radio's Jim Vicevich has been fielding calls about Senator Chris Dodd's mortgages since Friday. But, since Dodd finally addressed the issue in public Tuesday, it appears many are not buying his explanation.
"As anyone's been through this, you negotiate, you shop around, you negotiate points and other matters, it's really commonplace," Senator Dodd said. "So we were, obviously, trying to get the best deal we could but not a deal based on the job I held."
Tony, a talk show caller, replied, "Does this really surprise anybody? I'm starting to believe that not only do the Democrats and all politicians in general think that everybody's stupid."
Meanwhile, Jim, a talk show caller, added, "This man is the chairman of the Senate Banking Commission and he says he doesn't know that he got a good deal? Then he's incompetent, he should step down from his position immediately."
But just like your comments since Friday on Connpolitics.tv, there is a minority of reaction defending the longtime senator or, at least giving him the benefit of the doubt.
Scott, a talk show caller, said, "If he can show, in evidence, the fact that he was courting other or soliciting other lenders, I don't think there's a huge problem, unless there's other evidence to show otherwise."
But, Dodd also appears to be receiving some of the pent up anger that many feel about all politicians in general. "Even if he didn't know, what else has he not known?" George, a talk show caller, said. "He's spending our taxpayer money and he doesn't even know his own finances. But, we're supposed to trust him with our tax dollars?"
What's described as a liberal watchdog group, the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington' has filed a complaint and the Senate Ethics Committee has begun a preliminary investigation of Dodd's mortgages.
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